Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-12

section. Onions are sti uck With the
rust and it will be great damage to the
crop.
! NorthaeId.
A daughter was born 90 Mr.. and Mrs.
! II. NJ. Stevens, Wednesday . Clarence
Carpenter has gone - Massachusetts to
work. .... Mrs. 5. II. Richmons of Brook
lyn, n. Y, is in town. Her husband re-
turned Monday 49,. William Jones is
very sick with scarlet fever Joseph
Murray fell from load OF hay Saturday
and dislocated one leg...There are
about 90 summer visitors in town, mostly
from New York and Boston.
New Haven't
In the suit of Squer VS.. Wbitmore the
defendant was defaulted and writ of Dos
session issued. ....In Cowlcs VS.. Gibbs q
jury trial YVES had who gave the plaintiff
= damages and Ike sum for costs, the
defendant paying for the jury. ... Prof
Hall of Cambridge University, accom-
panied by his wife and child is spending
few days in town with Mis-. Many Bot om
Mrs Halls mother. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
W. Carter are in poor health, particularly
Mis-. Spooner of Montreal is visiting in
the family of her brother, Mr.. Cha les
Peck k.... Mrs. Watson of Boston has ar.
rived for a few weeks sojourn in the fami-
ly of her friends Mr.. aud Mrs. William
Mcintyre. Mrs. Sanborn the wife of
town. The doctor fol .nerly practced
here The wife of Mr.. Oscar Baldwin
of StarksbolO, who died on Monday wa9
inferred here on Wednesday, New Haven
bel g Mr.. Baldwin's native town. ..
Prof lotfnagle reports the prospect of a
tall term as very encouraging. Two ad
joining towns will send nearly dozen
students each. Considerable many
hogs are being marketed in this vicinity
at five cents )und, live weight, ,.....
The children of district No. g. had Z pic
mic arranged for Wednesday for the en-
Wilson. The affair was to come off in an
other part of the town near Mss Will
sons residence and was to be surprise.
North Ferrisburgh.
The sociable at Hon. n. j. A"en's on
| wednesday tv 1ning of last week wac q
pleasant affair.". Messrs q. w. Palmer and
j. -. Kenyon " 1ith their wives visit "a the :
old friend and pastor, Rev. T. w. Gregory
in Williston.. Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Fonda PoLI few days since made Rev. o.
Perry visit in Lincoln. Two arrests
for drunkenness have been made already
and others will be made if occasion Is
given. THE burial of Mr.. Stephen
Beach took place in the cemetery here on
the afternoon of August /, Rev. G. Fl.
i u
James Squier fingers as usuPl. The gen
eral idea is he is constantly failing ......
1t is reported Mr.. Fred Cunningham has
just harvested the best field of wheat in
Addison county. "A society of Chris
tian Endeavor has just been organized
well Not knowing OF his removal
from New York State, Rev. G.. H. Rot
bins was asked by Fred o. Wheeler to
represent Essex county, n. y, at the
State prohibition in Syracuse August %.
....... dr. w. II. Dow is seriously i'll he
is receiving the ski''iul attention of DR..
Collins. The Sunday school is to have
an excursion on the lake, to what place it
| is not decided.
The social at the Baptist parsonage was
a success. Miss Clara Giddings has been
spending few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Nortons at st. A lbaDs. .... VIII
Torrev of Burlington is spending his va
cation in town. Miss Lizzie BISHOP of
Bolton has been making her aunt, Mrs.
James Bellows, a visit Frank Norton
and ": :fe have returned to their home.
Miss Est lila Cox hes gone TO st. Alpers
to visit II lends ..... Mrs. Currie and AdaA
attended the funeral of the formers sis
ter Mrs. Stearns in Rutland, i Il re, :.
Miss Lottie Wilcox of Burlington. i
spending her vacation in town. .A.rs.
Myron Leach hf9 been quite sick but is
improving.
Other Parts State.
Pelton's new directory of Rutland con
talns the names of about 300 people and
in Rutland part there are the names of"S]
widows.
The record of the free mail delivery in
BrattleborO for the first month shows the
service to be quite popular among the
patrons Of the postotiice. The number
of pieces deliv red was -, ,525, while 1924
pieces were collected.
Two large barns, ow mel by IS9ac Jake
way at West Haven, We're struck by
lightning and burned with some farming
marchinery as we'll as large quantity or
hay and grain.
Mr.. Joel Thomas of Pittsford, over 20
years of age, claims, says the Rutl1ni
Hordld, that he never rode on railrO. Il
train, though he has lived near a railIoa;l
all his life. He has attended every circus
that has exhibited in that vic'r ~ for 40
years past
A. j. HoIlister af Nortn Montpe'e' b.,
on exhibition stalk of Sanfo Il {, Z
August lst that measures j. feet 1t mp.
One of the most ancient public bl 'dinCs
in the Vicinity of Montpelier IS the Old
brick meeting house at East Montp9)i -.
1t was erected in 1898.
Mrs. H. g. Dudley of Barton Lane ug
recently found snake nicely coiled up
a bureau drawer.
The Rutland county far managers offer
prizes of SIS, $50 and S25 for tug of war
contest between teams of 10 men each
from different towns in the county.